Binder for use in lasting shoes



C. F. PYM.

BI NDER FOR USE IN LASTING SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25, 1915.

1,415,951. Patented May 16,1922. 1

CHARLES F, PYM, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASFa'IGNOR TO UNITED ERY CORPORATION, on JERSEY.

SHOE MACHIN- IATER-SON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW BINDER FOR USE IN LASTING SHOEfi.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pate t d lu 16 1922 Application filed October 25, 1918. Serial No. 259,642.

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Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. PYM, a

subject of the llinp; of lilngland, residing; at

Lynn, in. the county ofllisseu, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain improvements in Binders for Use in IrtSt lllg Shoes, of which the following descruotion, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several figures. v i

This invcnton relates to binders for use in the manufacture of boots and shoes to retain the upper of a shoe in conformity to the contour of the end portion of the last prior to the operation of securing the upper to the insole or sole of the shoe, this application being a continuation of my copending a y plication. Serial No. 118,548, filed on September 5, 19 16, asa renewal of an earlier application filed on May 9, 1913, upon which Letters Patent No. 1,306,121. were granted on June 10, 1919, in so far as the disclosures of the two ap ilications contain common subject-rnatter.

An object of the invention is to provide a binder of improved construction particularly designed to facilitate its application and attachment to a shoe, and to this end a feature of the invention consists in the provision in a binder of novel attaching, means constructed. to enter the shoe materials to fasten the binder in place: In said copendin application there is shown and described. a form of binder particularly adapted to be applied. round the end of a shoe exteriorly of the periphery of the shoe bottom, the use of such a binder, as explained in said application, having" various advantages in the manufacture of McKay shoes and also shoes of other types, and particularly as an aid to the practice of a novel method of my invention disclosed in copendinn application Serial No.,117,561, whereby the upper may be shaped to the contour of the top and sides ofthelast and held in place with its marginal edge upstanding in preparation for a subsequent operation by which it is secured to the sole or insole. In one aspect this invention aims to provide an improvement in binders adapted to be applied in thisparticular location on a shoe, and for this purpose the binder herein shown comprises a band adapted to be applied round the end of a shoe exteriorly of the periphery of the shoe bottom and having; projections or prongs arranged to enter portions of the shoe materials that overlie the bottom of the last to anchor thebinder inplace. It will be understood, however, that the invention in some of its novel aspects is not limited to projections for engaging this particular portion of the shoe nor to a binder shaped specifically as a band While such projections may or may not be integral with other portions of the binder, they may conveniently comprise integral prongs, as in the construction shown, and for convenience in applying the binder to the shoe the prongs or projections may be located, as shown, on flanges which project from the ends of the binder in such manner as to position the prongs for engagement with the shoe materials at a distance from the edge of the shoe bottom.

A further feature of the invention consists in the provision in a binder of novel attaching means adapted for movement relatively to the body of the binder to bring it into attaching position. In the construction shown the binder is provided at its ends with attaching flanges projecting in such relation to the body portion of the binder as to require them to be bent in a direction transverse to the plane of the sole of the shoe into position to overlie portions of the shoe materials on the bottom of the last. An im portant advantage in such a construction is that during the operation of applying the binder round the end of the shoe and forcingit firmly against the upper the flanges on the binder ends are so disposed as to avoid catching in the surface of the margin of the upper and thus interfering with the operation of applying the binder to the shoe. While this feature of the invention involves novelty and utility irrespective of the particular means whereby the binder may be fastened to the shoe by aid of the flanges, projecting prongs on the flanges, as in the construction shown, which may or may not be integral with the flanges, are particularly useful as affording means for quickly and effectively fastening the binder in place as the flanges at relatively to the band 2 prior 60 the binder is applied round the end of the in which the invention is embodied, and

Figure 2 shows the binder in its operative relation to a shoe.

The binder shown as a practical embodiment of the invention adapted particularly for application to a shoe exteriorly of the shoe bottom, comprises a strip or band 2 of flexible sheet material of suitable width topermit it to engage frictionally a. substantial area of the upper and of such length as to extend round the toe end of the shoe and backwardly as far as may be desired along the sides of the shoe, the

binder shown being of such length as to ext'endbackward substantially as far as the tip seam. It'is' contemplated that the binder may-be made of flexible material such, for example, as brass, of suflicient durability for the purposes in view and of such character as toinsure against injury to the surface of the upper. At its ends the band 2 is provided with flanges 4 which project from its upper edge substantially at right angles to the length of the band and terminate at their inner edges in one or more prongs 6 which, in the construction shown, are turned substantially at right angles to the flanges in position to enter portions of the shoe materials which overlie the bottom of the last as the flanges are bent downwardly toward the shoe. The width of the flanges 4 is such as to position the prongs 6 at the desired distance from the edge of the shoe bottom to insure effective holding engagement withthe shoe materials, such distance of course being varied in accord ance with the kind of shoe to which the binder'is to be applied. The position of to the application of the binder to the shoe is preferably such as to avoid objectionable interference between the flanges, including their prongs 6, and the margin of the upper as the binderis forced into holding position round the end of the shoe. Consistently with this purpose, the flanges may or may not be partially bent inward prior to the application of the binder to the shoe. In

" the construction shown the flanges are bent inward to a small extent, only partially ap preaching right angular relation to the sides of the band, and as thus positioned they are substantially out of the way as shoe and may be readily bent down into their final attaching position after the binder is in place against the 11 per.

It will be understood that in preparation for the use of the binder the upper of the shoe is stretched over the last and conformed to the contour of the top and side portions of the last round the toe by the use of any suitable well known means for the purpose, and while the upper is held in conformed relation to the last, the binder is applied to the shoe and fastened in place. In applying the binder, use may be made of any suitable means whereby it is pulled or pressed into effective holding engagement with the upper round the end of the toe exteriorly of the shoe bottom such, for cxample, as a hand tool applied to the ends of the binder to pull it into place, or a machine such as shown in prior Patent No. 1,306,120, granted upon my application on June 10, 1919. After the binder has been tightly applied round the end of the shoe, the flanges 4 are bent downward in any suitable way, either by pressure or by a blow upon them, and they are thus pressed flatly into engagement with a portion of the upper bent inward over the bottom of the sole or insole of the shoe and the prongs 6 are forced downward into the upper, and it may be also into the sole or insole, to fasten the binder in place. With the upper of the shoe thus held, the shoe is ready for a subsequent upper and sole connecting operation by the use, for example, of stitches, tacks, or cement, the chm-acter of such operation depending upon the type of the shoe, whether it be a McKay shoe, a welt shoe, or a shoe of some other type. After the upper has been thus secured to the sole, the binder may be removed and used repeatedly in the manufacture of other shoes, it being understood that the flanges 4 may or may not be bent back into their original position, depending upon the character of the work or upon the choice of the operator.

Having described the invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A binder for use in retaining an upper in conformity to the contour of the end portion of a last comprising a member formed to extend round the Y end of the shoe ex teriorly of the periphery of the shoe bottom and having a projection thereon constructed to enter a portion of the shoe materials on the bottom of the last to fasten the binder to the shoe.

2. A binder for use in retaining an upper in conformity to the contour of the end portion of a last comprising a flexible member formed to extend round the end of the shoe exteriorly of the periphery of the shoe bottom and having at its ends projections extending at an angle thereto and constructed to enter portions of the shoe materials that overlie the bottom of the last to fasten the binder to the shoe.

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3. A binder for use in retaining an upper in conformity to the contour of the end portion of a last comprising a flexible member adapted to extend round the end of an inverted shoe below the plane of the shoe bottom and having as a permanent part thereof a laterally extending portion constructed to project above said plane over the shoe materials 011 the bottom of the last and to enter said shoe materials to fasten the binder to the shoe.

4. A binder for use in retaining an upper in conformity to the contour of the end portion of a last comprising a flexible member adapted to extend round the end of an inverted shoe below the plane of the shoe bottom and having at its ends laterally extending portions adapted to overlie the shoe materials on the bottom of the last, said laterally extending portions of the binder having projections extending at an an le thereto to engage in the shoe materials or fastening the binder in place.

5. A binder for use in retaining an upper in conformity to the contour of the end portion of a last comprising a flexible memher adapted to extend round the end of the shoe and having at its ends laterally extending flanges with projections thereon constructed to enter the shoe materials to fasten the binder in place.

6. A binder for use in retaining an upper in conformity to the contour of the end portion of a last comprisin a member constructed to extend roun the end of the shoe exteriorly of the periphery of the shoe bottom, said member having projections thereon constructed to be forced into the shoe to anchor the binder as the binder is applied to the shoe.

1 7. A binder for use in retaining an upper in conformity to the contour of the end portion of a last comprising a flexible band constructed to extend round the end of the shoe exteriorly of the periphery of the shoe bottom and having as a permanent part thereof means constructed to enter the shoe materials to fasten the binder in place.

8. A binder for use in retaining an upper in conformity to the contour of the end portion of a last comprising a flexible band constructed to extend Widthwise over a substantial area of the shoe materials exteriorly of the periphery of the shoe bottom and having at its ends portions projecting in trans verse relation to the lengthwise dimension of the binder and provided with means con structed to enter the shoe materials to fasten the binder in place.

' 9. A binder for use in retaining an upper in conformity to the contour of the end portion of a last comprising a flexible band constructed to extend round the end of the shoe exteriorly of the shoe bottom and having at its ends laterally projecting flanges adapted to overlie portions of the shoe materials on the bottom of the last, said flanges having rojections thereon to enter the shoe materia s for fastening the binder to the shoe.

10. A binder for use in retaining an upper in conformity to the contour of the end portion of a last comprising a flexible band adapted to extend round the end of the shoe and having on one of its lateral edges flange portions constructed to overlie shoe materials on the bottom. of the last and provided with projections adapted to be forced into the shoe materials to fasten the binder to the shoe.

11. .A binder for use in retaining an upper in conformity to the contour of the end portion of a last comprising a member formed to extend round the end of the upper and having thereon attaching means projecting at such an angle to the member as to re quire said means to be bent to bring it into attachin position after the member has been placed a out the end of the upper.

12. A binder for use in retaining an upper in conformity to the contour of the end portion of a last comprising a flexible member adapted to extend round the end of the shoe upper and having flanges extending laterally therefrom for use in attaching the binder to the shoe and adapted to be moved relatively to the body of the binder to bring them into attaching position.

13. A binder for use in retaining an upper in conformity to the contour of the end portion of a last comprising a member adapted to extend round the end of the upper ex-- teriorly of the periphery of the shoe bottom and having attaching means disposed at such an angle to the body of the member as to require said means to be bent inwardly in a direction transverse to the plane of the shoe bottom to bring it into position for fastening the binder in place.

14. A binder for use in retaining an upper in conformity to the contour of the end portion of a last comprising a flexible band of sheet material adapted to extend round the end of the upper and having on one of its lateral edges at the ends of the binder flange portions constructed to be bent inwardly in a direction transverse to the plane of the shoe bottom for use in fastening the binder in place.

15. A binder for use in retaining an upper in conformity to the contour of the end portion of a last comprising a member adapted to extend round the end of the shoe upper, said member having attaching means thereon adapted for movement relatively to the body of the binder to bring it into attaching position and comprising a projection arranged to enter the shoe materials as said means is brought into attaching position.

16. binder for use in retainin an upper in conformity to the contour of the end portion of a last comprising a flexible member adapted to extend round the end of the shoe upper, said member having a flange extending laterally therefrom for use in attaching the binder to the shoe and movable relatively to the body of the binder to bring it into attaching position, said flange being provided with a projection arranged to enter the shoe materials as an incident to the movement of the flange into attaching position.

17. A binder for use in retaining an upper in conformity to the contour of the end portion of a last comprising a flexible band adapted to extend round the end of the shoe andhavingon one of its lateral edges at the ends of the binder flanges constructed to be bent inwardly over the shoe bottom, said flanges terminating in projections constructed to enter the shoe materials.

18. A toe binder comprising a band'con structed to extend widthwise over a substan tial area of the shoe and provided with integral prongsprojecting at an angle thereto and adapted to enter the'shoe materials for use in attaching the binder to the shoe.

19. A toe binder comprising a flexible member having a laterally projecting flange portion extending substantiallyat right angles to the length of the member and constructed to be bent inwardly over the shoe bottom in a direction transverse to the plane of the sole of the shoe in the operation of applying and fastening the binder to the shoe.

20. A toe binder comprising a flexible member having laterally projecting flanges provided with prongs for use in attaching the binder to'the shoe.

21, A toe binder comprising a band constructed to extend wldthwise over a substantial area of the shoe and having on one of its lateral edges flexible flanges provided with prongs to enter the shoe.

22. A binder for use in lasting a shoe to retain the upper in conformity to the contour of the end portion of the last comprising a flexible band adapted to be wrapped round the end of the shoe exterior] y of the periphery of the shoe bottom and having on F its end portions projections permanently connected thereto and adapted to be forced into the shoe materials to fasten the binder to the shoe.

23. A binder for use in lasting a shoe to retain the upper in conformity to the contour of the end portion of the last comprising a band formed of flexible sheet material and adapted to be wrapped round the end of the upper exteriorly of the periphery of the shoe bottom said band having flanges arranged to project at an angle to the plane of the shoe bottom and to be bent inwardly into ubstantially parallel relation to said plane after the binder has been wrapped round the shoe for use in fastening the binder to the shoe.

24. A binder for use in lasting a shoe to retain the upper in conformity to the contour of the end portion of the last comprising a band adapted to extend round the end face of the shoe and having on its end portions flanges adapted to be bent inwardly toward the plane of the shoe bottom after the band has been applied round the end of the shoe, said flanges having projections thereon to enter the shoe materials as the flanges are bent inwardly for fastening the binder to the shoe.

name to this specification.

CHARLES F. PYM. 

